By: Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire)	H.B. No. 3884
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 18, 2015;
	May 18, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
	Justice; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the carrying of knives; creating a criminal offense.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 46.01(6), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(6)  "Location-restricted knife" ["Illegal knife"]
	means a:
	(A)  knife with a blade over five and one-half
	inches;
	(B)  hand instrument designed to cut or stab
	another by being thrown;
	(C)  dagger, including but not limited to a dirk,
	stiletto, and poniard;
	(D)  bowie knife;
	(E)  sword; or
	(F)  spear.
	SECTION 2.  Section 46.02, Penal Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-4) to read as
	follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally,
	knowingly, or recklessly carries on or about his or her person a
	handgun[, illegal knife,] or club if the person is not:
	(1)  on the person's own premises or premises under the
	person's control; or
	(2)  inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle
	or watercraft that is owned by the person or under the person's
	control.
	(a-4)  A person younger than 18 years commits an offense if
	the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries on or
	about his or her person a location-restricted knife if the person is
	not:
	(1)  on the person's own premises or premises under the
	person's control; or
	(2)  inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle
	or watercraft that is owned by the person or under the person's
	control.
	SECTION 3.  Section 46.03(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally,
	knowingly, or recklessly possesses or goes with a firearm,
	location-restricted [illegal] knife, club, or prohibited weapon
	listed in Section 46.05(a):
	(1)  on the physical premises of a school or
	educational institution, any grounds or building on which an
	activity sponsored by a school or educational institution is being
	conducted, or a passenger transportation vehicle of a school or
	educational institution, whether the school or educational
	institution is public or private, unless pursuant to written
	regulations or written authorization of the institution;
	(2)  on the premises of a polling place on the day of an
	election or while early voting is in progress;
	(3)  on the premises of any government court or offices
	utilized by the court, unless pursuant to written regulations or
	written authorization of the court;
	(4)  on the premises of a racetrack;
	(5)  in or into a secured area of an airport; or
	(6)  within 1,000 feet of premises the location of
	which is designated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a
	place of execution under Article 43.19, Code of Criminal Procedure,
	on a day that a sentence of death is set to be imposed on the
	designated premises and the person received notice that:
	(A)  going within 1,000 feet of the premises with
	a weapon listed under this subsection was prohibited; or
	(B)  possessing a weapon listed under this
	subsection within 1,000 feet of the premises was prohibited.
	SECTION 4.  Section 46.03, Penal Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (g-1) to read as
	follows:
	(g)  Except as provided by Subsection (g-1), an [An] offense
	under this section is a third degree felony.
	(g-1)  If the weapon that is the subject of the offense is a
	location-restricted knife, an offense under this section is a Class
	C misdemeanor, unless the offense occurred on the physical premises
	of a public or private primary or secondary school, any grounds or
	building on which an activity sponsored by a public or private
	primary or secondary school is being conducted, or a passenger
	transportation vehicle of a public or private primary or secondary
	school, in which event the offense is a third degree felony.
	SECTION 5.  Section 46.06(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if the person:
	(1)  sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to
	any person knowing that the person to whom the handgun is to be
	delivered intends to use it unlawfully or in the commission of an
	unlawful act;
	(2)  intentionally or knowingly sells, rents, leases,
	or gives or offers to sell, rent, lease, or give to any child
	younger than 18 years any firearm, club, or location-restricted
	[illegal] knife;
	(3)  intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly sells a
	firearm or ammunition for a firearm to any person who is
	intoxicated;
	(4)  knowingly sells a firearm or ammunition for a
	firearm to any person who has been convicted of a felony before the
	fifth anniversary of the later of the following dates:
	(A)  the person's release from confinement
	following conviction of the felony; or
	(B)  the person's release from supervision under
	community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision following
	conviction of the felony;
	(5)  sells, rents, leases, loans, or gives a handgun to
	any person knowing that an active protective order is directed to
	the person to whom the handgun is to be delivered; or
	(6)  knowingly purchases, rents, leases, or receives as
	a loan or gift from another a handgun while an active protective
	order is directed to the actor.
	SECTION 6.  Section 46.15(e), Penal Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 7.  Section 37.007(a), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (k), a student shall be
	expelled from a school if the student, on school property or while
	attending a school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off
	of school property:
	(1)  uses, exhibits, or possesses:
	(A)  a firearm as defined by Section 46.01(3),
	Penal Code;
	(B)  a location-restricted [an illegal] knife as
	defined by Section 46.01(6), Penal Code, or by local policy;
	(C)  a club as defined by Section 46.01(1), Penal
	Code; or
	(D)  a weapon listed as a prohibited weapon under
	Section 46.05, Penal Code;
	(2)  engages in conduct that contains the elements of
	the offense of:
	(A)  aggravated assault under Section 22.02,
	Penal Code, sexual assault under Section 22.011, Penal Code, or
	aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021, Penal Code;
	(B)  arson under Section 28.02, Penal Code;
	(C)  murder under Section 19.02, Penal Code,
	capital murder under Section 19.03, Penal Code, or criminal
	attempt, under Section 15.01, Penal Code, to commit murder or
	capital murder;
	(D)  indecency with a child under Section 21.11,
	Penal Code;
	(E)  aggravated kidnapping under Section 20.04,
	Penal Code;
	(F)  aggravated robbery under Section 29.03,
	Penal Code;
	(G)  manslaughter under Section 19.04, Penal
	Code;
	(H)  criminally negligent homicide under Section
	19.05, Penal Code; or
	(I)  continuous sexual abuse of young child or
	children under Section 21.02, Penal Code; or
	(3)  engages in conduct specified by Section
	37.006(a)(2)(C) or (D), if the conduct is punishable as a felony.
	SECTION 8.  Section 52.031(a), Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  A juvenile board may establish a first offender program
	under this section for the referral and disposition of children
	taken into custody, or accused prior to the filing of a criminal
	charge, of:
	(1)  conduct indicating a need for supervision;
	(2)  a Class C misdemeanor, other than a traffic
	offense; or
	(3)  delinquent conduct other than conduct that
	constitutes:
	(A)  a felony of the first, second, or third
	degree, an aggravated controlled substance felony, or a capital
	felony; or
	(B)  a state jail felony or misdemeanor involving
	violence to a person or the use or possession of a firearm,
	location-restricted [illegal] knife, or club, as those terms are
	defined by Section 46.01, Penal Code, or a prohibited weapon, as
	described by Section 46.05, Penal Code.
	SECTION 9.  Section 53.01(d), Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(d)  Unless the juvenile board approves a written procedure
	proposed by the office of prosecuting attorney and chief juvenile
	probation officer which provides otherwise, if it is determined
	that the person is a child and, regardless of a finding of probable
	cause, or a lack thereof, there is an allegation that the child
	engaged in delinquent conduct of the grade of felony, or conduct
	constituting a misdemeanor offense involving violence to a person
	or the use or possession of a firearm, location-restricted
	[illegal] knife, or club, as those terms are defined by Section
	46.01, Penal Code, or prohibited weapon, as described by Section
	46.05, Penal Code, the case shall be promptly forwarded to the
	office of the prosecuting attorney, accompanied by:
	(1)  all documents that accompanied the current
	referral; and
	(2)  a summary of all prior referrals of the child to
	the juvenile court, juvenile probation department, or a detention
	facility.
	SECTION 10.  This Act applies only to an offense committed on
	or after the effective date of this Act.  An offense committed
	before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
	effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is
	continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this section,
	an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if
	any element of the offense occurred before that date.
	SECTION 11.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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